The moment of silence lasted 42 seconds.
After a moment of silence, the Mets and the Marlins have left the field.
The only thing remaining on the field is a Black Lives Matter shirt. pic.twitter.com/t7QfWwofOS
— SNY (@SNYtv) August 27, 2020
Meanwhile…
“We stand and march for love, and we will fulfill my grandfather's dream,” Yolanda Renee King, granddaughter of Martin Luther King, Jr., says during the March on Washington. https://t.co/S58qRg2xjv pic.twitter.com/9HKWOrmKk8
— CNN (@CNN) August 28, 2020
March on Washington: 2020 vs. 1963. pic.twitter.com/beHkXsAOZD
— The Recount (@therecount) August 28, 2020
A demonstrator holds a Black Lives Matter flag in the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool as thousands marched on Washington, D.C., demanding criminal justice reform. https://t.co/LQbbWauOLy #MarchonWashington pic.twitter.com/G0VcERfyb8
— ABC News (@ABC) August 28, 2020
Bridget Floyd, George Floyd's sister: "Will your future generations remember you for your complacency, your inaction? Or will they remember you for your empathy, your leadership, your passion for weeding out the injustices and evil in our world?” #MarchOnWashington pic.twitter.com/1lxgZSutDs
— The Hill (@thehill) August 28, 2020
Elsewhere…
Nearing 200k deaths and this is what the President of the United States has on his tiny, demented brain. https://t.co/5xQl7MMBc1
— Angry Staffer (@AngrierWHStaff) August 28, 2020
The fire department on site says it’s more like 1400 attendees. The Trump campaign tells @CBSNews masks are required as part of an emergency ordinance, but most people are not wearing one.
— Weijia Jiang (@weijia) August 28, 2020
The crowd at Trump’s NH rally just booed an announcement telling people to put on their masks
— Shannon Pettypiece (@spettypi) August 28, 2020
Two RNC attendees and two staff have tested positive for COVID-19.
How many more lives will Donald Trump and his traveling Petri dish claim before the election?
— Santiago Mayer (@santiagomayer_) August 28, 2020
NEW: Secret Service copes with coronavirus cases in aftermath of Trump appearances by @CarolLeonnig https://t.co/6wVpKJ1Dpj
— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) August 28, 2020
‘Woodstock of germs’: Morning Joe predicts Trump’s RNC will cause massive COVID-19 outbreakhttps://t.co/02Z4x0i1ME
— Raw Story (@RawStory) August 28, 2020
Meanwhile, Iowa Senator Joni Ernst appeared at the RNC to praise Trump’s handling of COVID. https://t.co/zs9Ou6KT63
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) August 28, 2020
No thanks. You tried that line on us 4 years ago. Now the unemployment rate is 10.2%, 20 million are without jobs, 7 million more are without health insurance, and 180,000 Americans are dead that didn’t have to be. If you make it any greater, we may all end up dead.
— Dr. Rob Davidson #WearAMask (@DrRobDavidson) August 28, 2020
"Trump supporters can look at Kenosha and perceive the gunman, who went to a city where he did not live with a rifle in hand, as acting in self-defense. The gunman had legitimate rights…The dead men did not, and neither did victims of police shootings."https://t.co/eQrg2cJCWi
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) August 28, 2020
Trump’s acceptance speech draws only 21.6 million TV viewers, badly trailing Joe Biden’s audience of 24.6 million https://t.co/7tmsJDoKsq
— Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) August 28, 2020
Trump's apocalyptic acceptance speech in 60 seconds. pic.twitter.com/VzPlUI6n5V
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) August 28, 2020
‘This president is a serial liar, and he serially lied tonight’ — Watch this reporter fact-check Pres. Trump’s RNC acceptance speech in lightning speed pic.twitter.com/mpUfoNQzsS
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) August 28, 2020
Peter Navarro melts down: Media should cover Trump like "Fox and Friends" does https://t.co/Qu9tXqpYww pic.twitter.com/Gdw45w8P3y
— Peter Wade 🤦♂️ (@brooklynmutt) August 28, 2020
As Trump and his followers do everything in their power to make it harder for Americans to vote, NBA players are stepping up to protect our democracy. What an exceptional example of patriotism. https://t.co/Uq3aEb2JpT
— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) August 28, 2020
Add the world’s greatest arena to this list https://t.co/zp4bwIGBQ5
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) August 28, 2020
#TrumpFailed So how will you be voting in November? pic.twitter.com/SZTobm9YuF
— Arctic Friend (@FriendEden100) August 28, 2020
Thread…
The more I write about this, the more it becomes plain: if Biden loses, 2020 will be the last remotely free and fair election we have for decades, and certainly my lifetime. We are in the middle of an autocratic attempt, and it looks so much like Hungary's… 1/n
— Cassandra of Troy (@BrynnTannehill) August 28, 2020
House chair announces contempt proceedings against Pompeo https://t.co/7wu4rNR6uB pic.twitter.com/hdcMUZ934a
— The Hill (@thehill) August 28, 2020
Top U.S. general foresees no military role in resolving disputed election https://t.co/z3MWl5iU6d pic.twitter.com/CGD0XSpzON
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 28, 2020
The general had to say this because we have a President who has put the unthinkable – that he will not respect the smooth transfer of power following an election – up for grabs. https://t.co/GdM1Jf0Prb
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) August 28, 2020
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WORLDWIDE
Seven dead, 750,000 without power after Hurricane Laura https://t.co/ddANgwIMq5 pic.twitter.com/tc01OlXfBb
— The Hill (@thehill) August 28, 2020
Laura Victims May Go Weeks Without Power; Deaths Climb to 14 https://t.co/FHElADcSxk pic.twitter.com/BRFETPUwxD
— NBC Chicago (@nbcchicago) August 28, 2020
Trump Hotel Vancouver closes for good. It was in trouble even before COVID because of its toxic brand name. Trump Hotel Toronto is now a St. Regis. Vancouver is likewise hoping for a relaunch https://t.co/ov1TGyZXIj
— David Frum (@davidfrum) August 28, 2020
employee collective action is needed. Walk out. Get committments before returning. Advertiser, cut ties. https://t.co/j5nQVYAHIj via @RMac18
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) August 28, 2020
I’m not sure how many times me and people like @rashadrobinson & @tristanharris & @nicolewong can keep repeating: This is not a bug, it is a FEATURE. FB was built to do precisely what it is doing, which is to turn far too much engagement into enragement. https://t.co/WAx2c5epXB
— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) August 28, 2020
It’s been one of the most lucrative weeks in history for some of the world’s wealthiest people https://t.co/dO6lc7sIUR
— Bloomberg (@business) August 28, 2020
Wall Street's 'fear gauge' climbs despite U.S. stock rally https://t.co/cvltSfExyu pic.twitter.com/96Jq102nRi
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 28, 2020
France sees "exponential" rise in coronavirus cases, as President Emmanuel Macron raises possibility of another nationwide lockdownhttps://t.co/qIsWnguPKo
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 28, 2020
Brexit talks will go down to wire, Angela Merkel suggests as leaders are called in to get deal done. My article for @Telegraphhttps://t.co/SRSkVAc8sm
— Jack Parrock (@jackeparrock) August 28, 2020
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BORISHAMBLES BRITAIN
A reminder of the kind of Brexit that #Johnson promised… https://t.co/usVuMNidrQ
— Richard Corbett (@RichardGCorbett) August 28, 2020
It’s no wonder there’s been so little progress in #brexit talks when one side seems intent on going back on agreed areas. These provisions have already been agreed in the Withdrawal Agreement (Art.52 par.2). https://t.co/vqobNoNVAs
— Neale Richmond (@nealerichmond) August 28, 2020
The return of the Brexit blame game is the Conservatives’ stupidest gamble yet. No 10 will not be able to lay responsibility for a no-deal outcome at Brussels’ door | Prospect Magazine https://t.co/y5HRtyZDVU
— Graham Simpson (@grahambsi) August 28, 2020
Brexit has cast UK ‘several decades into the past’, says Nobel prize-winning scientist https://t.co/o3ObO4oCT2
— The New European (@TheNewEuropean) August 28, 2020
#COVID19 #Economy
The implication is: we all need to head back into office blocks so we can buy 'stuff' in towns we have found out we do not really need…Surely now is the time for a different economic model.. & invest in new jobs that save the planet?
https://t.co/fMowsRnDdl— Dominic Harrison (@BWDDPH) August 28, 2020
“To wait until the Friday night before most schools return isn’t the government’s finest moment.” https://t.co/12xNXTFED7
— HuffPost UK Politics (@HuffPostUKPol) August 28, 2020
This polling is eerily reminiscent of that time that retired people on fixed incomes said that people losing their jobs was a price worth paying for Brexit https://t.co/dliKrA7n5V
— Jonn Elledge returns (@JonnElledge) August 28, 2020
No idea what’s going on. I live in Mcr and something is happening here. On one side something else is happening in Trafford and something else again is happening in Oldham. I can’t remember what. If even I can’t and I’m meant to be covering it, that’s not a great sign. pic.twitter.com/bZGiwrqWPx
— Jennifer Williams (@JenWilliamsMEN) August 28, 2020
Trafford's coronavirus infection rate spikes by a third as borough goes up an alert level – the day lockdown is set to be liftedhttps://t.co/bzDO5AVT60
— Manchester News MEN (@MENnewsdesk) August 28, 2020